Criticism is nonsense. TV shows and newspapers just want to fill the space.

When I retired, I stopped playing because of my body, so much pain and injuries.

I can't be a manager, because I think it's too tough managing 30 players thinking in different ways.

Zico was my idol. He was a very good player from Flamengo, and I was a Flamengo supporter from Rio de Janeiro. I was always looking for him and saying I want to be like him. He's my big hero.

I'm sure sex wouldn't be so rewarding as this World Cup. It's not that sex isn't good but the World Cup is every four years and sex is not.

I was expected to run the same as Roberto Carlos or Cafu, but I just couldn't do it.

To go to a World Cup is a dream come true, and I can claim to have experienced that four times.

I've learned a lot in life, travelling, living abroad, just in the school of life.

I am tolerant. I want to understand other points of view.

I couldn't have got any fatter; I was running out of clothes.

My best teammate was Roberto Carlos.

I'm only a little interested in politics. But I'm always on top of the news, both in Brazil and abroad.

I'm very attached to Real, more so than Barcelona.

At Real Madrid, there will always be people who score goals. They are a team and not a single player, no matter how much one appears more than another.

I had an injury in my leg, and everybody was talking about that. I decided to cut my hair and leave the small thing there. I come to training, and everybody saw me with bad hair. Everybody was talking about the hair and forgot about the injury. I could stay more calm and relaxed and focused on my training.

I never had a problem with technique.

Just a tiny bit of effort leaves me exhausted. Sometimes I just go up the stairs to my room, and I feel tired.

The national team is part of my life. I have an incredible history, of many conquests and also many defeats. But to play for Brazil, I have to have a club and play well. I'm not going to be picked on my past or because of my sponsor, as many have said.

I'm very uncomfortable, mainly with my belly.

There are many ways to see football and interpret it.